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As I walked by the fresh flower display at my local grocery store, I stopped in my tracks when I saw the beautiful yellow sunflowers. I have always loved those happy-looking flowers. I’ve never had mu...

If you had to name just one attribute that most leads to a happy life, what would you pick? I just read a story about one celebrity whose answer to that question was that he would pick “drive.” “It ta...

Here’s a question for you. What do you do for yourself? What do you do to put the rest of life aside in order to do something just for you? If I answered that question this week I would say I spent ho...

Most of us recognize and appreciate every single big moment in life. We often take photos of what we know is a big or significant event. We like to keep photos of every important happening, and someti...

We all have our feel-good moments as well as our times of struggle. As the saying goes, “that’s life.” Seldom does our life continue without change in some way. I compare life to the ocean current tha...

When I was in grade school a nun told our class something I never forgot. She said when we die we will have to account for how we spent our time on Earth. Did we spend it trying to get ahead of everyo...

It’s been a long time since my mother passed away. Yet, I miss her more each year. I was listening to a panel discussion on talk radio about the ongoing influence our mothers have on us. One panelist ...

I’m one of the rare people who admit to loving their birthday. I don’t need to do anything special to glory in what I call “my day.” This is the first year I didn’t enjoy every minute of my birthday. ...

A few weeks ago I wrote a column about the comfort of belonging. Specifically, I was writing about the comfort we sometimes get from belonging to a group. I mentioned the good feeling of a being part ...

A popular internet site recently asked the question: What makes a better life? Married or single? I believe the feature was started by some women anxious to proclaim you can have a better life if you’...